Somalia flag on the left, and new Minnesota flag on the right
This has not been sitting too well with many Minnesota counties, municipalities, and citizens ...
Another city just voted to fly the former Minnesota state flag
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/another-city-just-voted-to-fly-the-former-minnesota-state-flag/ar-AA21oEh9?ocid=BingNewsVerp
Story by Tim Harlow
1 Week Ago
The Minnesota Star Tribune
MINNEAPOLIS — A majority of Elk River residents wanted the former Minnesota state flag to be the one displayed on city-owned properties, and on Monday the City Council obliged by passing a resolution making it so.
The unanimous vote on April 20 means the Minnesota state flag from 1983 to 2023 will be the representative flag of the state of Minnesota “now or in the future,” at buildings or properties in Elk River when a state flag is displayed.
The far northwestern metro city is the latest to bring back the previous flag that was retired as the state’s official flag in May 2024. The new flag features a dark blue, state-shaped outline containing a white eight-pointed North Star on the left with a solid light-blue field on the right, which is meant to represent water.
A State Emblem Redesign Commission adopted the new design. It replaced the old state flag, which featured the state seal on a blue field, which included imagery deemed offensive by many Native American tribes.
But a growing number of municipalities have changed course and swapped out their new state flags for the old one. In recent months, Champlin, Zumbrota, North Branch, Detroit Lakes, Pine Island, Crosslake, Babbitt and Wadena have voted to stop waving the new flag.
Some Elk River residents previously approached city officials to consider bringing the old flag back, according to the resolution.
More than 1,050 people listing an Elk River address responded to a recent city survey asking the public to join the conversation about which flag to fly. Nearly 75% said they wanted the former flag displayed.
The resolution cited several issues regarding the new flag, including that there were no correlations between the state seal and the new flag, concerns over how the new flag was selected, inadequate representation of greater Minnesota on the commission that selected the flag, poor marketing and implementation for a statewide public engagement process, and feedback from Elk River residents.
The switch will not cost the city any money. Flags from 1983 were preserved in storage or were left on display, according to city documents posted online.
Well, apparently some Minnesota Democrats in the state legislature are getting their soiled panties all in a twist over the "uppity" people in their state who aren't complacently bowing down and slavishly obeying the commands that come down from on high from DFL (MN Democrat-Farmer-Labor Party) Headquarters!
Minnesota bill would penalize cities that fly old state flag
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/minnesota-bill-would-penalize-cities-that-fly-old-state-flag/ar-AA21Sz8r?ocid=BingNewsVerp
Story by Ashley Grams
CBS News
April 28, 2026
Eight Minnesota DFL lawmakers have proposed a bill that would penalize cities and counties that do not fly the 2024 Minnesota state flag.
"The commissioner of revenue must reduce the aid to a county or city ... ten percent if the county or city flies or otherwise makes use of a state flag other than the design of the state flag as certified in the report of the State Emblems Redesign Commission," the proposal says.
State DFL Rep. Mike Frieberg is one of the authors of the bill.
"I've been a little disappointed in the cities around Minnesota that have been kind of manufacturing this culture war over this state flag," said Freiberg. "I felt like it was important for there to kind of be a statement legislatively in support of the new state flag, which is the official state flag."
Nah, Freiberg ... that's your obvious hypocrisy, here ... YOU Democrats started this whole "culture war" when you decided to kiss the filthy asses of your Somalian constituency over every other Minnesotan and fired the first shot by changing your state flag by dictatorial fiat.
Republican House Speaker Lisa Demuth, who is also running for Minnesota governor, says the bill has no chance.
"That bill is dead on arrival. There is no way this bill is moving through," said Demuth. "To know that Democrats are trying to take funding away from our police and fire, from our cities, it's ridiculous. We have real work that could help Minnesotans." ...
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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